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...social needs." The online environment, she points out, "is less risky if you are lonely and afraid of intimacy, which is almost a definition of adolescence. Things get too hot, you log off, while in real time and space, you have consequences." Teen venues like MySpace, Xanga and Facebook--and the ways kids can personalize their IM personas--meet another teen need: the desire to experiment with identity. By changing their picture, their "away" message, their icon or list of favorite bands, kids can cycle through different personalities. "Online life is like an identity workshop," says Turkle, "and that...
...they may not realize just who is looking at these photos. An article in The Daily Princetonian on March 9 revealed that the Princeton Department of Public Safety has used facebook.com in investigating student-related incidents at the New Jersey school. Students who had posted pictures on Facebook of themselves climbing buildings were confronted by Public Safety officers, who said they had viewed the online photos, according to the article. “If we are investigating a case that involves campus safety or security or the safety of a member of our community, we have an obligation...
...Jack, by the way, I scoped you on Facebook. You’re no Brad Pitt yourself...
...Meet all of your Facebook friends before...
...first week at the Indians’ spring training consisted of a lot of poking and prodding (and by poking I don’t mean getting “poked” on the Facebook by some creepy Joe from Eliot House...